Global publisher of video games, 505 Games, part of the Digital Bros S.p.A, today announces that it has entered into an agreement with ArtPlay Inc. for exclusive worldwide publishing rights across multiple formats to Bloodstained, the latest opus from Koji Igarashi. Following a successful Kickstarter in 2015 which has raised $5.5m to date from 65k backers, Bloodstained is already being touted as the spiritual successor to the much-loved and highly-acclaimed Castlevania series of which Igarashi is the former series producer. The game is now in full production for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Sony’s PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo’s WiiU sytem and Microsoft’s Xbox One and OSX. The deal with 505 Games covers all formats except mobile and tablets.

Conarium

A first teaser trailer is now available for upcoming spine-tingling horror adventure title Conarium, published by Iceberg Interactive. Conarium, which refers to a sinister device hooked up to the brain, is inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella “At the Mountains of Madness”, but largely plays after the events in the original story, set in an Antarctic base. Expect puzzling, mystical, ominous, even menacing events in weird surroundings, in a place beyond normal human perception, all beautifully realized using the Unreal 4 engine. The game will be released on Steam early 2017, with PS4 and Xbox One versions to follow.

Endless Space 2

Award-winning developer Amplitude Studios announced today that Endless Space 2 is available now on Steam, for $37.49, a 25% discount off the $49.99 retail price for the Digital Deluxe Edition, and $29.99, a 25% discount off the $39.99 retail price for the Standard Edition. Set in the same universe as critically-acclaimed Endless Space and Endless Legend,Endless Space 2 is a turn-based, 4X space-strategy game that expands the Endless universe even further.

Styx: Shards of Darkness

Originally expected for the end of this year, Styx: Shards of Darkness will finally arrive in Q1 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Patrick Pligersdorffer, CEO at Cyanide Studio, explains, “With this new episode of Styx we updated our engine from Unreal 3 to Unreal 4. This update has brought so much to the Styx series, from graphical enhancements to new gameplay mechanics and features. The engine transition has required some time for our team to adapt to. We’re dedicated to providing the best stealth experience possible for players, so in agreement with our publisher Focus, we are delaying the game until the first quarter of 2017.”

Harvest Moon: Skytree Village

Natsume Inc today introduces three aspiring brides for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS game, Harvest Moon: Skytree Village. The game will launch this fall, but players can get a sneak peek of the marriageable candidates and gameplay in the newly released game trailer below.

Invisible Inc.

The award winning Invisible, Inc. is available now in the App Store for $4.99 USD on iPad. It features all of the sneaky stealthy gameplay from it’s original PC version, but has been overhauled for new touch compatible gameplay!

Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition

Today Techland announced its third Community Bounty for Dying Light: The Following – Enhanced Edition. This weekend (October 7th – 9th, 2016), all Dying Light players get a major boost to their buggy weapons: the Mines, the Electric Cage, and the Flamethrower. If the community manage to burn, fry, and blow up 1 000 000 zombies collectively during the event, all participants will be awarded the exclusive Lemon Paint Job on top of a special weapon docket.

Blockpocalypse

Blockpocalypse, the hilarious multiplayer party game about surviving a chaotic apocalypse with your friends, hits Early Access on Steam today. Blockpocalypse is a multiplayer party platformer about surviving with friends in the apocalypse…or at least outliving them. Fighting their way across the apocalyptic 2D landscape, up to 4 players must forge a path in the debris, using whatever they have at hand, including blocks, clocks and even a unicorn or two!

ARKTIKA.1

From 4A Games, the creators of Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, and Metro Redux, comes a new vision of the apocalypse. Announced today during the Oculus Connect 3 keynote in San Jose, ARKTIKA.1 is a highly immersive, action-packed, first-person shooter designed exclusively for Oculus Touch. Using the newest version of the 4A Engine and set for release in Q2 2017, ARKTIKA.1 delivers the most impressive visuals ever seen in VR, along with the immersion and world building that 4A Games is known for, in a full AAA package. Experience a post-apocalyptic vision of the future like never before; in full VR.

Heroes of the Storm

Samuro slices his way into Heroes of the Storm as the newest Hero joining the brawl. Can the Heroes survive the Blademaster’s battle?

The King of Fighters XIV

A new trailer for The King of Fighters XIV world championship that will crown a champion in early 2017. Watch how the magnificent Antonov and his Director Yakov came up with the tournament, and if you follow competitive KOF XIV you might see some familiar faces in the trailer! Don’t let those smiling faces fool you though, because those players are some of the best of the best players around. If you want to see untouchable Nakoruru action, jaw dropping skills with Mai, and overall godlike levels of KOF XIV gameplay, you definitely want to tune in for the World Championship. The tournament will contain 16 of the best KOF XIV players from around the world, and will take place early 2017. Upcoming North American qualifiers will be held at SoCal Regionals (Oct. 14-16) and Canada Cup (Oct. 28-30), and more information about the event will be provided at a later date.

Watch Dogs 2

Ubisoft invited players in Paris to try out 2 full hours of Watch Dogs 2 solo gameplay. Check out their first reactions to the game.

Duke Grabowski, Mighty Swashbuckler

Always felt a pirate’s life was the life for you? Then join Duke Grabowski as he tries to prove himself the biggest, baddest pirate in Bodacious Bay, winning the loyalty of his crew, and the hearts of women along the way. At least, that’s what he hopes, but Duke has a lot to learn in order to become the best swashbuckler on the seven seas. Help Duke achieve his goal in the first installment of Venture Moon Industries’ Duke Grabowski saga: Duke Grabowski, Mighty Swashbuckler, available now on Steam (PC/Mac).

Job Simulator

In a world where robots have replaced all human jobs, step into the Job Simulator to learn what it was like ‘to job’ in PlayStation VR.

DC Legends

Warner Bros. announced today at New York Comic Con, that DC Legends, a free-to-play strategy RPG mobile game featuring DC’s iconic Super Heroes and Super-Villains, will soon be available this November on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and on Google Play for Android devices. Starting today, fans can preregister for the game at www.dclegendsgame.com.

EVE: Valkyrie

Become an elite fighter pilot in EVE: Valkyrie and immerse yourself in virtual reality space combat. Dare to rise on October 13, 2016 for PlayStation VR.

Beholder

Good news for those who have always wanted to know what it’s like to be a government official spying on a building full of tenants: indie developer Warm Lamp Games and publisher Alawar Entertainment today released a demo for their upcoming totalitarian spying game Beholder. In Beholder, players are tasked with rooting out subversion and anti-government sentiment among the tenants in their building, while constantly asking themselves the question: is this right?

Talent Not Included

Frima Studio today released the next short trailer in their video series for Talent Not Included, which goes behind the scenes with the development team showcasing how they determined the level of difficulty for the game. Talent Not Included begins on a night where the three monster friends, bored out of their minds, decided to put on their very own dramatic performance, a.k.a. a play. Unfortunately, nothing went as planned… Mostly because Zot, a demonic critic hired as a stage director, enlisted three mediocre actors who all had very strong personalities to star in the show, hoping to create hell on stage for everyone’s amusement.

Psychonauts 2

Tim and Zak sit down to play through the Psychonauts 2 art test, a conceptual exercise done to help the team understand how a modern Psychonauts game might look.

Willy The Striker

Prodigium Game Studios has released their first mobile game called Willy The Striker. It is a new soccer themed puzzle game with high quality graphics and innovative touch controls to enable precise ball control. In the game a boy called “Willy” is the character controlled by the player. Player helps Willy in his path to the soccer stardom by performing training tasks, exercises and challenges. Game is free to play and uses Ads and In-App Purchase for monetization.

AdventureQuest 3D

Artix Entertainment has released a new trailer for AdventureQuest 3D, its forthcoming MMO role-playing adventure game. The trailer officially announces the start of Open Beta on Oct. 18, 2016, and offers an enticing gameplay glimpse of ShadowSkull Tower.

Mafia III

2K today announced that Ice Cube and DJ Shadow have created an original song specifically for the Mafia III Revenge Launch Trailer, which released today.

Monster Hunter Stories

Capcom has released the third videoin the tutorial series for Monster Hunter Stories.

Star Wars Battlefront

Discover a new world of gaming experiences with PlayStation VR. Redefine your expectations of immersion as you put yourself in the cockpit of an X-wing to carry out an important mission for the Rebellion with Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: X-wing VR Mission.

The Walking Dead: March to War

As New York Comic-Con kicks off, Disruptor Beam announced today a new story-driven multiplayer strategy game based on Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comics – The Walking Dead: March to War. The Walking Dead: March to War is a story-driven multiplayer strategy game. Players must fight alongside and against others for control of scarce resources in and around a devastated Washington D.C., while fending off walkers and attempting to rebuild society. As the leader of a group of survivors, each player will assemble a team including a council of well-known characters from The Walking Dead such as Rick, Michonne, and Negan. Faced with an ongoing series of moral choices, players will defend their camp against hordes of walkers and, the bigger threat, other survivors. Inspired by the stark look of The Walking Dead comics, March to War will feature rich 3D graphics unlike anything seen in other The Walking Dead or strategy mobile games.

All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution

Bandai Namco Japan has released a new trailer for All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution for 3DS.

Hidden City: Mystery of Shadows

Get spooked in Hidden City: Mystery of Shadows – FREE Halloween update As you are the only one who can save your missing friend, you must enter the strangest place, where magic, witchcraft and science work together. Are you ready to visit the City of Shadows again and discover what Jack, the Halloween Spirit, has prepared for you?